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Kathleen Martin-Weis, acting director of the FDA office of criminal investigations, and Peter Neronha, U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island, announce a $500 million settlement with Internet giant Google over Canadian drug advertisements on Aug. 24, 2011, in Providence, R.I. (Associated Press)

"It's delicious," says Liz Reitzig of Bowie, Md., about the fresh milk she just drank from Morgan the cow, who was milked at Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 16, 2011 as part of a rally held by the organization Grassfed on the Hill to protest the sting operation the FDA conducted against Pennsylvania Amish dairy farmer Dann Allgyer and his private buying customers. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Leah Mack of Union Bridge, Md., walks Morgan the cow through Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 16, 2011 so that she can milk the cow as part of a rally held by the organization Grassfed on the Hill to protest the sting operation the FDA conducted against Pennsylvania dairy farmer Dann Allgyer and his private buying customers. People were invited to drink fresh milk at the rally. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Jonathan Emord, attorney for the organization Grassfed on the Hill, speaks during a rally at Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 16, 2011 to protest the sting operation the FDA conducted against Pennsylvania farmer Dann Allgyer and his private buying customers. The rally included samples of fresh milk, and Morgan the cow was also milked on site. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

This sushi assortment includes salmon roe, spicy tuna roll, tuna, yellowtail and salmon. The Food and Drug Administration is assuring Americans that food imported from the Pacific Ocean is safe, though increased safety inspections have been put in place. (The Washington Times)

FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo, customers view the menu in the drive through line at a Burger King in Portland, Ore., Like it or not, many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration. The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus, both in restaurants and drive-through lanes. The new rules will also apply to vending machines where calorie information isn't already visible on the package. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

FILE - In this June 15 2005 file photo, a sign stands in front of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's headquarters in Lawrence Township, N.J. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Friday, March 25, 2011, that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

FILE - In this file photo made Dec. 8, 2009, a carton of Newport cigarettes are seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Friday, March 18, 2011, the removal of menthol cigarettes from the U.S. market would benefit public health. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)